Improved weaning-bit



' einen @a mit @titte ISAAC L. BAKER, `or PRAIRIE CITY, KANSAS.Y

` Leim Patient No, 104,408, dated .new 21, 1870.

IMPRovnn WEANrNG-BIT.'

The Scheduleeferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the.name 1 Tocall whom itmay lconcern: I

` Beitknown that I, ISAAC L, BAKER, of Prairie City, inlthelcounty vofDoglasand State of Kansas,

haveinventedla new. andnsefnl Improvement in Weaning-Bit; and I dohereby decla-re that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof,

which will enable others skilled in the art to make I, and lise the:samerefereneebeing had to the accomwmpanying drawing forming part oflthis specification.

This invention relates toa `new and useful device `for weaning Colts andCai-ves, and `for other purposes,

and consists in so forming afbjt that air is admitted into the mouth inthe act of sucking, thereby prevent ing a vacuum being formed, and,consequently, the ,low of milk, as will 15e-hereinafter more fnllydescribed.

/ In the accompanying drawing-`` I Figure 1 is a longitudinal view ofthe bit.w

Figure` 2 is a cross-section on the line a: x of fig. 1.` Similarlettersiof reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the bit, which is' senIi-tnbular, in cross-section.

B B are rings, to which straps are attached for fast ening the bit inthe mouth of the animal.

The central part C of 'the hit may be a round tube,`

as represented. The ends or parts D D may either be open on the sides,as seen at eI-e, or the whole bit may be a tube,

with holes', more or less in number, through/0r into the tube, so thatair may enter the ends ofthe tube, and prevent the formation 0i' avacuum by sucking.

rlhe bit is securely fastened in the animals month, and is used withperfect success in weaning calves and colts, by' preventing theirsucking, and, also,-in `preventinT cows from sucking'themselvcs.

Having thus described my invention, f

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters'

